diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index e39d7db3a..3d347344a 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-02-19  Thomas Fitzsimmons  <fitzsim@redhat.com>
+
+	* configure.host (newlib_cflags): When host is in m68* add
+	-DCOMPACT_CTYPE.
+
 2002-02-15  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
 
         * libc/include/sys/config.h: Add definitions for
diff --git a/newlib/configure.host b/newlib/configure.host
index d4d6acf10..0679ced6f 100644
--- a/newlib/configure.host
+++ b/newlib/configure.host
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ case "${host_cpu}" in
 	;;
   m68*)
 	machine_dir=m68k
+	newlib_cflags="${newlib_cflags} -DCOMPACT_CTYPE"
 	;;
   m88k)
 	machine_dir=m88k